MHacks9 Lookup

** General Information **

This project is a Google Chrome extension that looks up detailed information on a selected word or phrase. This information is displayed in a sidebar that overlays on the right side of the webpage. The extension's primary information is pulled from Wolfram Alpha, with content loaded from Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and a link is provided to Dictionary.com when relevant. The type of the phrase searched determines what information is fetched from these sources and displayed on the sidebar. This extension uses APIs from the following companies: Wolfram Alpha, Wikipedia, and Merriam-Webster. This extension was designed to provide a quick set of information regarding a phrase to clarify any doubts the reader may have had, so that an unfamiliar word or idea does not inhibit the reader's ability to understand the entire article they were reading. MHacks9 Lookup was inspired by the Google Dictionary extension and the Wikipedia mobile application.

** Running MHacks9 Lookup **

To run this Chrome extension, download all files in this repository and save them locally. Then, in Google Chrome's Extension manager page (chrome://extensions) select "Developer mode" and click "Load unpacked extension..." Then load the folder containing all of the files from this repository. The extension will then become added to the Chrome browser. This extension may someday become available on the Chrome Web Store.

** Using MHacks9 Lookup **

Simply highlight a word or phrase with your cursor, and right click and select "Look This Up", or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space. A sidebar will appear on the right side of the webpage with relevant information regarding your search. Simply click off of the sidebar to dismiss it.

** Licence **

See LICENSE

** Authors **

Jason Bilas jasonbilas@gmail.com

Jeffrey Li jli4151707@gmail.com

Murugan Narayanan murugan.narayanan17@gmail.com